NAACP Lifetime Membership Awards

One black and white photographic print of four African-American women including Esther Spruill and Eleanor Bozeman of Akron, Ohio holding National Association for the Advancement of Colored People certificate of life membership plaques.

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One black and white photographic print of four African-American women including Esther Spruill and Eleanor Bozeman of Akron, Ohio holding National Association for the Advancement of Colored People certificate of life membership plaques.

The Opie Evans Papers consist of approximately 40 cubic feet of archival materials documenting the life and work of African-American photographer, publisher, and businessman Opie Evans of Akron, Ohio. The papers include hundreds of photographic prints and negatives taken or collected by Evans during his career that provide a rich visual history of the African-American community in Akron and surrounding areas during the middle of the twentieth century. The images mostly depict African-American churches, workers, personalities, and social and fraternal organizations and events. They also capture the 1964 and 1967 elections and the civil rights movement in Akron.

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